Seminar 22nd May 2013 noon Building 28, Room 2001
SMMI/FSI Seminar: Insight through simulation, induction, and biomimicry
Dr Gabriel Weymouth
University of Southampton
- Submitter
- Luke Goater
We are pleased to announce SMMI and FSI joint seminar given by our SMMI lecturer Dr. Gabriel Weymouth on "Insight through simulation, induction, and biomimicry".
It covers three themes as follows
-the development of accessible simulation tools for education and research;
-the use of physics-based learning models to induce system behavior from a sparse set of examples
-biological systems to inspire novel maritime designs.
You are welcome to join us. Tea, coffee and refreshment will be available.
Abstract:
The maritime field continues to evolve to incorporate new design paradigms such as autonomous vehicles, new operational requirements such as small hydrodynamics signatures, and new applications such as ocean energy extraction. These changes push the boundaries of what previous designs and design tools are capable of and necessitate the development of novel systems and new ways of gaining insight about these systems.
This seminar will present three research topics to adress this need. First, the development of accessible simulation tools for education and research. Second, the use of physics-based learning models to induce system behavior from a sparse set of examples. And finally, the study of biological systems to inspire novel maritime designs. Previous work in each category will be given, including the open source tool Lily-Pad, efficient prediction of nonlinear ship waves (and future climate trends), and a high-speed underwater rocket inspired by a jetting octopus.
Brief CV:
Dr. Gabriel Weymouth is the new Lecturer for the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI). The focus of his research is the development and application of fast, accurate, and robust computational prediction methods for novel maritime systems. To this end, he has developed many new techniques in both first-principle CFD methods, as well as machine learning and regression methods. Dr. Weymouth has applied these techniques to the study of fundamental problems in fluid mechanics such as vortex shedding, air entrainment, and nonlinear fluid/structure interaction through Naval, biological, and environmental applications